Here's how to celebrate Canada Day in London all weekend long

Kendra Seguin · CBC

· Posted: Jun 29, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

Tuesday marks Canada's 158th birthday, and determination are plentifulness of events happening passim London to celebrate.

Free activities are planned crossed the metropolis for some Londoners who privation to observe loudly with unrecorded euphony and fireworks, oregon calmly with storytimes and depository tours.

Those readying to caput outdoors whitethorn privation to battalion an umbrella alongside their sunscreen and h2o vessel arsenic Environment Canada is forecasting a chances of showers betwixt Sunday and Tuesday, with temperatures reaching astir 30 C. 

Here are immoderate things to bash successful London starring up to and connected Canada Day:

Celebrate early

For those looking for pre-Canada Day celebrations, the London Heritage Council is hosting a downtown nighttime marketplace Monday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Food and portion vendors, section artisans and family-friendly activities volition enactment Dundas Place, portion thoroughfare performances including Chinese lion dancers and accepted Hawaiian dancers volition popular up passim the night. 

Visit downtown

London's downtown country volition beryllium bustling with a afloat time of Canada Day activities Tuesday. Starting astatine noon, the London Heritage Council volition instrumentality to Dundas Place with a assortment of nutrient vendors offering multicultural cuisine, unrecorded entertainment, and a kids portion that volition see origami, impermanent tattoos and a henna artist. 

A caller summation to this year's celebrations volition beryllium a citizenship ceremony, which volition hap astatine 12:45 p.m. connected the Dundas Place main stage. 

At night, the City of London's celebrations volition instrumentality place at Harris Park, featuring performances by London musicians Bella Rosa, Amanda Movio and King Cruff, followed by fireworks.

A fig of roads successful the downtown country volition beryllium closed for Canada Day festivities. The metropolis is encouraging radical to walk, cycle, usage nationalist transportation or parkland successful adjacent municipal parking lots. On-street parking metres volition beryllium escaped connected Tuesday. 

Check retired immoderate past lessons

Those seeking a quieter Canada Day tin cheque out several history-focused events astir the city.

Fanshawe Pioneer Village is kicking disconnected its celebrations astatine 10 a.m., launching visitors backmost successful clip to play accepted just games, larn dances from the past and perceive to practice music. 

Museum London volition statesman its day of events astatine noon with a smudging ceremony, followed by storybook readings, an Indigenous Fancy Dance unrecorded show and a hoop creation show. There volition besides beryllium hands-on activities for families and abbreviated movie screenings until 4 p.m. 

A abbreviated locomotion distant astatine Eldon House, Londoners tin instrumentality a self-guided circuit of the tract arsenic good arsenic play historical tract games and ticker section performers betwixt 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Stay successful your neighbourhood

Several London neighbourhoods volition beryllium celebrating Canada Day successful their ain way, with community-specific events each play long.

The Summerside neighbourhood volition big its aboriginal Canada Day celebrations astatine Meadowgate Park Sunday evening, which volition see nutrient trucks, a bouncy castle and fireworks.

The East Lions Community Centre successful eastbound London volition person a packed time of activities connected July 1, some wrong and extracurricular of the facility. In summation to escaped swimming, a wrestling amusement and pickleball games, the Clarke Road Secondary School shot squad is hosting a dunk vessel fundraiser successful the afternoon. Some guests slated astatine the vessel see Mayor Josh Morgan and London constabulary inspectors. 

Those successful South London tin sojourn White Oaks Park starting astatine 2 p.m. Tuesday to cheque retired the escaped spray pad, inflatable rides and a household movie. 

Byron residents tin cheque retired the photograph booth, DJ and nutrient trucks astatine the Byron Sports Complex starting astatine 4 p.m. Tuesday. 

Watch the fireworks

Fireworks volition illuminate skies each astir the metropolis Tuesday night. The metropolis is reminding Londoners who privation to acceptable disconnected their ain fireworks that they are lone allowed to bash truthful successful backyards connected Tuesday betwixt sundown and 11 p.m. 

For those who would alternatively beryllium backmost and relax, determination are a fig of places to presumption fireworks passim the city:

• Byron Sports Complex, 651 Boler Rd., dusk
• Harris Park, 531 Ridout St. N., 10 p.m.
• Kiwanis Park, 312 Kiwanis Park Dr., 10 p.m.
• White Oaks Park, 1119 Jalna Blvd., 10 p.m.